contraction in skeletal muscle is caused by specialized intracellular thin and thick filaments‚ actin and myosin‚ sliding past each other. Contraction and relaxation of skeletal muscle bring about body movements. These body movements are voluntary and facilitated by the somatic nervous system. Near contact between somatic motor neurons and the muscle fibers are referred to as neuromuscular junctions. It is at the neuromuscular junctions that neurons are able to transmit a signal to the muscle fibers causing
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Introduction Muscle is one of the four main types of tissue‚ and is primarily involved in movement. There are three types of muscle tissue: skeletal‚ smooth‚ and cardiac. Skeletal muscle was investigated in this lab. Skeletal muscle is composed of two filaments called actin and myosin‚ which run parallel to each other. Actin has a protein that run along it called tropomyosin‚ that prevents actin from binding to it‚ unless calcium is bound to a part of the tropomyosin called troponin. Sets of actin
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Muscles are responsible for all conscious and unconscious movement. It is how we move and react to an environment. There are three types of muscles in the body include the skeletal muscle‚ smooth muscle‚ and the cardiac muscle. Whether you are running‚ walking‚ breathing‚ eating‚ sleeping‚ or typing it all involves some sort of muscle action. Muscle cells that shape‚ form‚ and outline the whole human skeleton is called a muscle fibers. There are two types of muscle fibers: Type I (slow-twitching
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REVIEW SHEET EXERCISE 6 Cardiovascular Physiology NAME: LAB TIME/DATE: 1. Define each of the following terms: • autorhymicity- The heart is autorhythmic. This means it generates its own rhythmic action potential independent of the nervous system. • sinoatrial node- is the impulse-generating (pacemaker) tissue located in the right atrium of the heart‚ and thus the generator of normal sinus rhythm. • pacemaker cells- are specialized cells that cause involuntary muscles and tissues to
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Introduction: In this lab‚ I will study how muscles contract‚ what makes muscles contract‚ different types of muscle contraction‚ and learn about how resistance affects muscle contraction. I will define Key Terms that describe what will occur in the experiments; I will conduct an experiment for each Activity and provide all resulting Data as well as answer Questions from each Activity. I will then provide a short Summary for what I learned in each Activity. Key Terms: Recruitment (or Multiple
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REVIEW SHEET EXERCISE 11 Blood Analysis NAME: LAB TIME/DATE: Hematocrit Determination 1. Hematocrit values are usually ( *higher / lower ) in healthy males‚ compared to healthy females. Give one possible explanation for this. 2. Living at high elevations will cause a person’s hematocrit to ( *increase / decrease ). Explain your answer. 3. Long-term athletic training will cause a person’s hematocrit to ( *increase / decrease ). 4. What is anemia? Condition where inadequate
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REVIEW SHEET EXERCISE 2 Skeletal Muscle Physiology NAME: LAB TIME/DATE: Electrical Stimulation 1. Name each phase of a typical muscle twitch‚ and‚ on the following line‚ describe what is happening in each phase. a. b. c. 2. In Activity 2‚ how long was the latent period? __________ msec Describe the chemical changes that are occurring during this period. The Graded Muscle Response to Increased Stimulus Intensity 3. From Activity 3‚ describe the effect of increasing
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Virtual lab 9 Activity 2: Determining the Latent Period 1. How long is the latent period? 2.78 msec. 2. What occurs in the muscle during this apparent lack of activity? Ca++ is being released from the sacroplasmic reticulum and filament movement is taking up slack. Activity 3: Investigating Graded Muscle Response to Increased Stimulus Intensity 1. Use your graph to answer and note that the dot in the graph turns red when you select that line in the table. What is the minimal‚ or threshold
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Unit 2: Physiology Lab Skeletal Muscle Physiology Student Name: Lab Summary Worksheet Directions: Read the following directions before starting the lab. Before starting each lab Activity‚ read the Overview and Introduction. This information will help you understand what you are doing in the lab. You do not have to pdf your lab – the only thing that you will submit for grading is this lab report. You will have to answer the Stop and Think Questions that are embedded in the lab instructions
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Single Stimulus Activity 1: Identifying the Latent Period 1. How long is the latent period? 2.78 msec 2. Does the latent period change with different stimulus voltages? no Activity 2: Identifying the Threshold Voltage 1. What do you see in the Active Force display? Leveled line 2. What is the threshold voltage? .8 V 3. How does the graph generated at the threshold voltage differ from the graphs generated at voltages below the threshold? They were Level Activity
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